Mathew Hailey, Bassoon
Gail Novak, Piano
Student Recital Series
Organ Hall I April 13th, 201917:30 p.m.

Program
Mozart Bassoon Concerto in B-flat Major, K. 191

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

I. Allegro
II. Andante ma Adagio

(1756-1791)

III. Rondo: Tempo di Menuetto
Sixteen Waltzes for Solo Bassoon

Francisco Mignone

Aquela modinha que o Villa nao escreveu

(1897-1986)

Valsa Improvisada
*Intermission*
Bassoon Concerto in g minor

Frantisek Jiranek
(1698- 1778)

I. Adagio- Allegro
II. Adagio
III. Vivace

Noel Gallon

Recit et Allegro

(1891-1966)
Delta Jukebox

Peter Schickele ( 193 5-)

1. Meadow Music
2. Bearsville Bounce
Rittika Gambhir, Bassoon

ARIZONA

STATE

UNIVERSITY

School of Music

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

A talented musician who lived a short life, Mozart has remained very popular since his time and
became one of the greatest influences of Western classical music after him. His hundreds of
works include operas, symphonies, choral works, chamber music, and concertos.
The Bassoon Concerto in B-flat Major was completed in 1774 by an eighteen-year-old Mozart.
It is the first concerto he ever wrote for a wind instrument. Today, this concerto has become
arguably the most standard work in the bassoon repertory. The first movement begins with a
grand introduction from the orchestra and follows a sonata form that showcases agility and
sensitivity. The second movement features a soft, lyrical melody, a theme which is later found
in Mozart's opera La Nozze di Figaro. The last movement is a playful rondo that shows the
bassoon's exceptional ability to change color.

Francisco Mignone (1897-1986)

Francisco Mignone was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil to an Italian flutist father. He honed his
musical skill from a young age playing in choro bands, a form of Brazilian popular music. He
went on to study music in Sao Paulo and later in Milan, Italy, ultimately returning to Brazil to
teach and compose. Although he had an ability to write in numerous styles, a great deal of his
compositions are based in Brazilian music traditions, from which he often borrowed folk
melodies.
The Sixteen Waltzes for Solo Bassoon were written with French-Brazilian bassoonist No in
mind, originally for a series of recitals titled Em Tempo de Valsa. The organizer of the recitals,
pianist lrany Leme, called upon Mignone to write waltzes for Noel Devos, a good friend,
because previously, there had been nothing like it written for bassoon.

Frantisek Jiranek (1698- 1778)

The composer-violinist Frantisek Jiranek was born in Northern Bohemia (present day Czech
Republic) to servants of the Counts of Morzin. As he grew older, he was a musician for the
Counts of Morzin as well. Vaclav Morzin, a supporter of Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi (for
whom the famous Four Seasons was dedicated) and his very own Prague ensemble, sent
Jiranek to Venice to further his skills in music. It is very likely that Jiranek studied with Vivaldi
during this time, and this is further supported by their similar style, almost identical at times. In
fact, some works which were thought to have been written by Vivaldi have recently been
rightfully attributed to Jiranek.
The Bassoon Concerto in g minor was recently discovered by musicologists and shows
Jiranek's ability to write for the bassoon with great sensitivity to its unique timbres, which is
very notable in the wide ranges used in the first and third movements. In the second
movement, there is a sensibility for simple lyricism that is also a mark of Vivaldi's beautiful
slower works.

Noel Gallon (1891-1966)

Born in Paris, Noel Gallon was known for being a composer and teacher at the Paris
Conservatory. Strangely, it is unknown if his full name is Noel Gallon or if his last name is NoelGallon. He was taught largely by his older brother, who also taught at the Paris Conservatory.
Noel Gallon produced choral works, chamber music, and orchestral works over his long time
with the Paris Conservatory. He taught a number of musicians who went on to have very
famous careers. Two of them, Marcel Bitsch and Henri Dutilleux, also have notable works in the
bassoon repertory.
Recit et Allegro was written as a Solo de Concours in 1938, a piece used in competition for the
students of the Paris Conservatory. As such, this short piece includes a lot of variation with
room to demonstrate expressive ability, lyrical playing, and agility.

Peter Schickele (1935-)

Peter Schickele is an American composer from Ames, Iowa. He is well-known for his satirical
compositions, many of which are written under the name of a made-up persona named P.D.Q.
Bach. He also has had hundreds of serious commissions from ensembles spanning far and
wide, and has produced music for film (Silent Running among others) and television (work for
Disney Fantasia, Sesame Street, documentaries and commercials) as well. He also hosted a
music themed radio show, Schickele Mix, which won ASCAP's Deems Taylor Award. He
studied at Swarthmore College ("having had the distinction of being the only music major") and
later at The Julliard School of Music. His teachers include Sigvald Thompson, Roy Harris,
Darius Milhaud, Vincent Persichetti, and William Bergsma.
A bassoonist himself, Peter Schickele has composed a number of playful works for bassoons
including Delta Jukebox, which is collection of three movements in blues form. The inspiration
for the piece comes from Schickele's love of the sound of two bassoons and the delta of the
Mississippi River, "traditionally thought of as the birthplace of the blues".